DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – After back-to-back sweeps of The University of Northwestern (Minn.) and Macalester College the St. Scholastica baseball team puts its 10-game winning streak on the line against the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday.
 
Where:
Wade Stadium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Saturday 1:30 p.m. (DH)
 
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Stats
Record: 15-8, 6-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
What you need to know about the Saints:
-The Saints will honor their eight seniors on Saturday.
-After starting the season 5-8, the Saints currently own a 10-game winning streak.
-In the sweep of Macalester, the Saints pitchers didn't allow a single run, starters Matt Tautges (Fort Ripley, Minn./Pierz HS) and Jerry Gooley (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) combined for 13 innings of 5-hit shutout ball and 14 strikeouts between them.
-That was the first shutout for the Saints this season, and last since a 16-0 win over Crown College on April 28, 2018.
-Eric Pearson (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS) picked up his sixth home run of the season in game one, he now ranks second in the UMAC.
-Nationally, Pearson is 35^th with .27 home runs per game.
-Pearson's bat is continuing to heat up this season for CSS. He now ranks second on the Saints with a .284 batting average and owns a .284/.381/.593 slat-line.
-Conor Wollenzien (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS) leads the UMAC with 13 doubles, he also ranks second in walks with 20.
-Wollenzien's 0.57 doubles per game ranks seventh in all of NCAA Division III.
-Joey Zwak (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) leads all UMAC players with 17 stolen bases this season, the next closest player has nine. Zwak is 17/19 on stolen base attempts.
-Zwak ranks 27^th in Division III with 0.74 stolen bases per game.
-Aaron Weber (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Pierz HS) continues to pace St. Scholastica's offense leading the team with a .375/.455/.575 slash-line. Weber ranks in the top-5 of the conference in runs scored, hits, RBIs, home runs, sacrifice flies, and stolen bases.
-The Saints lead the conference with 16 home runs.
-Freshmen Grant Taival (Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi HS) and Gooley have impressed so far on the mound for the Saints. Taival owns a 0.95 ERA in 19 innings of work, Gooley has a 2.70 ERA in 23.1 innings. Those rank fifth and seventh in the UMAC, respectively.
-Junior Jake Sande (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) leads all UMAC pitchers with four wins.
 
What You Need to Know about Minnesota Morris:
Record: 2-14, 0-4 UMAC
-The Cougars started the season 2-1, but now are losers of 13 straight and winless in conference play.
-The Cougars will play a doubleheader against North Central University (Minn.) before heading north to Duluth to face CSS.
-They have yet to win a game since coming back to Minnesota for the regular season. They have been swept by Bethany Lutheran College and Crown College in conference play.
-The Cougars have the lowest batting average in the conference at .219.
-Blaise Fairbanks and Alex Baumann lead the Cougars offense. Fairbanks owns a .350/.435/.450 slash-line, while Baumann has a .339/.345/.536 slash-line of his own.
-Brady Jergenson leads Morris with two home runs.
-Michael Head owns the best ERA for the Cougars among qualified players with a 4.34 ERA in 18.2 IP. Head has a 16:10 K:BB ratio and holds opponents to a .275 batting average.
 
Series Record: CSS 45-3 (Last Meeting: 18-2 CSS – 4/21/2018)
 
Series History: The Saints have dominated this series all-time. The last Morris victory was a 12-9 win in early April 2015. These teams split the first four meeting between 1995-1996. Since those first four games CSS has gone 43-1 against UMM.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints will head back onto the road to face North Central in another UMAC showdown on Wednesday. The doubleheader is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.